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Andrew E. Strominger | |
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 Andy Strominger at Harvard | |
| Born | July 30, 1955 |
| Citizenship | US |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (AB, 1977) University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1979) MIT (PhD, 1982) |
| Known for | CGHS model Contributions to: String theory Quantum gravity dS/CFT correspondence Kerr/CFT correspondence SYZ conjecture S-brane |
| Awards | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017) Klein Medal (2014) Dirac Medal (2014) Dannie Heineman Prize (2016) Guggenheim Fellowship (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University |
| Thesis | The large symmetry approximation in quantum field theory (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roman Jackiw |
| Doctoral students | |
Andrew Eben Strominger (/ˈstrɑːmɪndʒər/;[1] born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist who is the director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. These include his work on Calabi–Yau compactification and topology change in string theory, and on the stringy origin of black hole entropy. He is a senior fellow at the Society of Fellows, and is the Gwill E. York Professor of Physics.